BES Facebook pageECOLOGICAL EDUCATION GRANTS TOOLKIT
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The Ecological Education Grants (EEGs) are to enable teachers to make their teaching of ecology more innovative, interesting and exciting. The scheme offers teachers a complete toolbox and most applications will fall into (at least) one of the four categories below. If you aren’t sure which category to put your application in just put it in the one you think is the best fit. It is also possible to apply for more than one category at a time, though it is not guaranteed that all of the categories will be awarded together.
School Ground Developments
This grant is no longer available.
Description:The school grounds may provide the only opportunity for students to observe living animals and plants in their natural habitat and promote a deeper understanding of the investigatory approaches that underpin the whole of science. The purpose of this grant is to support initiatives to enhance school grounds as ideal places to teach practical ecology. Whether you want to build a school pond or develop a nature reserve a BES grant could help you to get started.
Suitable for:Primary, secondary, tertiary
Value:Up to £1000
Primary School Field work or nature visit
This grant is no longer available.
Description:Funding is available to help Primary school teachers to arrange for their class to participate in a field trip or visit to an interesting place. This should be in collaboration with a local expert e.g. a BES member or other persons belonging to an appropriate organisation e.g. RSPB.
Suitable for:Primary
Value:Up to £100
Field Equipment Grant
Description:The BES is offering funding specifically to enable institutions to buy ecology field work equipment. Our aim is to equip science departments with resources that will then enable students’ to access high quality educational experiences outside the classroom.
This grant is still available through the Education grant webpage.
Teacher attendance at BES meetings
This grant is no longer available.
Description:The BES is offering grants to support teachers in primary and secondary education (including field center staff and other in non-school employment) to attend meetings and courses organised by the British Ecological Society in cases where grant aid has been refused by the employer.
Suitable for:Primary, secondary, other
Value:Up to £200
Innovation and Research Grants
Description: This grant is to help teachers to develop creative approaches in communicating ecology. The aim is to promote good practice and to support ecology teaching that is both exciting and intellectually stimulating. Money is available to encourage teachers to develop innovative ways of teaching ecology and/or to undertake research to evaluate methods of teaching ecology. This can be achieved in many different ways and can include projects based in or outside of the classroom.
Suitable for:Primary, secondary, tertiary, ITE
This grant is still available through the Education grant webpage.
Higher Education (HE) Taster Events
This grant is no longer available.
Description:The aim of this grant is to give A-level Biology students the opportunity to see that ecology can be an exciting and interesting subject worth studying at university. Money is available to support schools in attending events at HE institutions which promote ecology and who have signed up to the scheme.
A condition for accepting HE registration on this scheme is that the HE establishment provides an enhanced experience of practical ecology which goes beyond merely publicising courses.
Suitable for:Secondary, tertiary
Value:Up to 50% of the cost of the trip up to a maximum of £7 per student which can go towards transport costs and/or supply cover.
Application Process:
Form A to be completed and sent to the BES if you are a university wishing to register for this scheme.
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Form B to be completed if you are a school seeking support and send this to the Higher Education establishment where the Taster Event is to take place. They will check and sign the form before forwarding onto the BES for consideration.
The BES will aim to have a result within two weeks of receipt the application form. For application progress, the applicant is advised to contact the collaborating Higher Education establishment before contacting the BES.
As this grant is run on a first come first served basis, the BES website will be posted when all the funds have been allocated.
